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| "'''On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences'''", commonly known as the '''Secret Speech''', was a speech by [[Nikita Khrushchev]] at the [[20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union|20th Congress of the CPSU]]. It slandered [[Joseph Stalin]] and called him a dictator.<ref>{{Citation|author=[[Domenico Losurdo]]|year=2019|title=Stalin: The History and Critique of a Black Legend|chapter=The Turning Point in the Historical Depiction of Stalin|page=8|quote=|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzacecbvccldjvnq5j66bwxd7mpk3rthypyt36b5ykxgj33nsalba74uy?filename=Domenico%20Losurdo%2C%20David%20Ferreira%20-%20Stalin_%20The%20History%20and%20Critique%20of%20a%20Black%20Legend%20%282019%29.pdf|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=978159484621AC3A9C94C444A835A0D7}}</ref> [[Vyacheslav Molotov|Molotov]], [[Georgy Malenkov|Malenkov]], [[Lazar Kaganovich|Kaganovich]], and [[Kliment Voroshilov|Voroshilov]] said it gave an unbalanced account of Stalin. In 1957, the Presidium voted 7 to 3 (with one abstention) to remove Khrushchev from power, but Khrushchev said only the Central Committee could remove him. The Central Committee then expelled Molotov, Malenkov, and Kaganovich from positions of power.<ref name=":03">{{Citation|author=Roger Keeran, Thomas Kenny|year=2010|title=Socialism Betrayed: Behind the Collapse of the Soviet Union|chapter=Two Trends in Soviet Politics|page=27–32|pdf=https://ipfs.io/ipfs/bafykbzaceaj5ucph44bjwyhlhsbycckr3ts76zbucn2hbrea32tltcd4s5ekg?filename=Roger%20Keeran_%20Thomas%20Kenny%20-%20Socialism%20Betrayed_%20Behind%20the%20Collapse%20of%20the%20Soviet%20Union-iUniverse.com%20%282010%29.pdf|publisher=iUniverse.com|isbn=9781450241717}}</ref> | | "'''On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences,'''" commonly known as the '''Secret Speech''', was a speech by [[Nikita Khrushchev|Nikita Khrushchov]] at the [[20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union|20th Congress of the CPSU]]. It slandered [[Joseph Stalin]] and called him a dictator.<ref>{{Citation|author=[[Domenico Losurdo]]|year=2019|title=Stalin: The History and Critique of a Black Legend|chapter=The Turning Point in the Historical Depiction of Stalin|page=8|quote=|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzacecbvccldjvnq5j66bwxd7mpk3rthypyt36b5ykxgj33nsalba74uy?filename=Domenico%20Losurdo%2C%20David%20Ferreira%20-%20Stalin_%20The%20History%20and%20Critique%20of%20a%20Black%20Legend%20%282019%29.pdf|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=978159484621AC3A9C94C444A835A0D7}}</ref> [[Vyacheslav Molotov|Molotov]], [[Georgy Malenkov|Malenkov]], [[Lazar Kaganovich|Kaganovich]], and [[Kliment Voroshilov|Voroshilov]] said it gave an unbalanced account of Stalin. In 1957, the Presidium voted 7 to 3 (with one abstention) to remove Khrushchev from power, but Khrushchev said only the Central Committee could remove him. The Central Committee then expelled Molotov, Malenkov, and Kaganovich from positions of power.<ref name=":03">{{Citation|author=Roger Keeran, Thomas Kenny|year=2010|title=Socialism Betrayed: Behind the Collapse of the Soviet Union|chapter=Two Trends in Soviet Politics|page=27–32|pdf=https://ipfs.io/ipfs/bafykbzaceaj5ucph44bjwyhlhsbycckr3ts76zbucn2hbrea32tltcd4s5ekg?filename=Roger%20Keeran_%20Thomas%20Kenny%20-%20Socialism%20Betrayed_%20Behind%20the%20Collapse%20of%20the%20Soviet%20Union-iUniverse.com%20%282010%29.pdf|publisher=iUniverse.com|isbn=9781450241717}}</ref> |
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| == Claims ==
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| Khrushchov claimed that Stalin assassinated [[Sergei Kirov|Kirov]] as a false flag attack and that he did not prepare well for the [[Second World War]]. He said that Stalin quickly gave up and stopped overseeing military operations and that he planned military operations on a globe.<ref name=":0">{{Citation|author=[[Domenico Losurdo]]|year=2019|title=Stalin: The History and Critique of a Black Legend|chapter=How to Cast a God into Hell: The Khrushchev Report|page=13–4|quote=|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzacecbvccldjvnq5j66bwxd7mpk3rthypyt36b5ykxgj33nsalba74uy?filename=Domenico%20Losurdo%2C%20David%20Ferreira%20-%20Stalin_%20The%20History%20and%20Critique%20of%20a%20Black%20Legend%20%282019%29.pdf|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=978159484621AC3A9C94C444A835A0D7}}</ref>
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| == Reactions ==
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| In [[Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (1921–1991)|Georgia]], Stalin's homeland, students protested against Khrushchev for five days until the military arrived.<ref name=":0" />
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| == See also == | | == See also == |
